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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
I have had an NEC 4550 DVD writer for 6 months or so that's never given me
any problems until recently. It won't recognize some of the disks I insert and I can't pin down what's causing it. I get a monthly magazine which has a dual sided DVD Cover Disk and on the A side -which is mostly applications- it won't read any data on the disk, but I can open the volume in Explorer, which -strangely- it shows as an empty folder. On the B side -which is mostly game demos- it will recognize the disk and autorun. I can't see enough of a difference between the 2 sides to see what might be causing it. The interface is presented as a Macromedia Projector Exe At first I thought it was a problem with the production of the disk but now I've come to suspect that it's something between the OS and the Disk itself, some driver or program or something. I'm able to watch, rip and burn all kinds of DVD's & CD's without any problems, but nothing I can think of to try or application to use to access any of the data on the A side of the recent Cover Disk's works. It also seems to be somewhat choosy, in that it sometimes does recognize a disk, although never one it has previously failed to recognize. Anyone have any ideas ? |
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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:30:33 -0000, "TrickTrash" guardclone-newz
+removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk wrote: I have an NEC 3540 so I am familiar with its quirks. It won't recognize some of the disks I insert What does it do? Make it the master on the secondary IDE channel. Run POST and make sure its in the device list. There is a long (15 sec) delay from the time a driver tries to access an NEC DVD burner, so be patient. Depending on the way you open a disc, if it is empty you can get error messages, so make sure something is on the disc. Check the disc with Nero CD-DVD Speed. Use the Scan utility on the right side tab. -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan |
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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:38:09 -0000, "TrickTrash" guardclone-newz
+removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk wrote: Nero still haven't produced a help file for Nero 7 CD-DVD Speed. No need to. CD-DVD Speed is third party. Nero sticks is a rebrander. According to the CD-DVD Speed website: A comprehensive user guide of Nero CD-DVD Speed can be found at http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=192563 There is also a manual of sorts at: http://www.cdspeed2000.com/files/CDSpeed_eng.chm In addition there is a Help - Manual button on the application tool bar, which is the same manual above. -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan |
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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
Bob
Thank you. Helpful stuff, especially http://club.cdfreaks.com/ I'll have to take the time to work through that before I understand it. Changing around the Master\Slave on the Secondary IDE channel hasn't miraculously improved things, unfortunately, but it was worth a try. (I'm amazed Ronnie Reagan said that.) Anyway, still tinkering away... Thanks for your help yours Nick "Citizen Bob" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:38:09 -0000, "TrickTrash" guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk wrote: Nero still haven't produced a help file for Nero 7 CD-DVD Speed. No need to. CD-DVD Speed is third party. Nero sticks is a rebrander. According to the CD-DVD Speed website: A comprehensive user guide of Nero CD-DVD Speed can be found at http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=192563 There is also a manual of sorts at: http://www.cdspeed2000.com/files/CDSpeed_eng.chm In addition there is a Help - Manual button on the application tool bar, which is the same manual above. -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan |
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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:39:29 -0000, "TrickTrash" guardclone-newz
+removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk wrote: (I'm amazed Ronnie Reagan said that.) That's not all he said. +++ Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." --Ronald Reagan "The most terrifying words in the English language a I'm from the government and I'm here to help." --Ronald Reagan "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." --Ronald Reagan "Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." --Ronald Reagan "I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." --Ronald Reagan "The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." --Ronald Reagan "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." --Ronald Reagan "It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." --Ronald Reagan "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." --Ronald Reagan "How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." --Ronald Reagan The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. --Ronald Reagan +++ -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan |
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NEC DVD Disk Drive Not Recognizing Inserted Disks
Pretty good Bob; I knew he had a sense of humour, just didn't think he had a
sense of irony about US politics. Cheers Nick "Citizen Bob" wrote in message ... On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:39:29 -0000, "TrickTrash" guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk wrote: (I'm amazed Ronnie Reagan said that.) That's not all he said. +++ Here's my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose." --Ronald Reagan "The most terrifying words in the English language a I'm from the government and I'm here to help." --Ronald Reagan "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." --Ronald Reagan "Of the four wars in my lifetime none came about because the U.S. was too strong." --Ronald Reagan "I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." --Ronald Reagan "The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination." --Ronald Reagan "The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." --Ronald Reagan "It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." --Ronald Reagan "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." --Ronald Reagan "How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." --Ronald Reagan The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. --Ronald Reagan +++ -- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. --Ronald Reagan |
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